Sustainable Brands Montevideo is part of a global network of conferences that have been held in various cities around the world including San Diego, Istanbul, Madrid, Malaysia, Paris, Barcelona and Buenos Aires. The Uruguayan edition had one of the most outstanding experiences presented to “Regenerative Costa Rica”, a flagship mechanism in that country and which, according to its person in charge, the academic Eduard Müllercan be perfectly applied in Uruguay.
The specialist had a dialogue with Ambit that the work began about 15 years ago developing a conceptual model of “development regenerative” which integrates concepts such as “a functioning mother nature, spirituality and very close communication between these two areas in the economic, social, cultural and political part.” So it was that in 2018 “Regenerative Costa Rica” was launched, which has a series of different projects, both regeneration in the agricultural field and regenerative agriculture “where we manage to exceed production levels and the quality of food without using a single chemical with peasant populations and communities that did not have agricultural experience,” said Müller.
“It also has to do with a reform of production livestock where we increase productivity and quality, but at the same time we return between 15 to 30% of each livestock farm to biological corridors and to increase diversity,” he added.
Regarding the way to manage the initiative, the person in charge of regenerative Costa Rica explained that it is carried out by “strengthening municipal managementl, increasing the tax collection and allocating 40% of new income to regeneration projects presented by communities and much with a view to urban regeneration. And also educational processesso that young people can act in regeneration and generate job opportunities and paradigm shifts.”
In “diagnosis” mode of the current situation, the expert considered that “we are seeing an enormous drop in the abundance of biodiversity”. “We are still able to generate a future of abundance and that favors life. “We are still in a position to recover life on the planet,” Müller warned.
“So, to generate that regenerative future we have to learn from nature using strategies where what we do is understand how it works and begin to apply them in all human processes, from the agricultural part, regenerating life in the soil, we are going to have plants and much more resistant animals that do not fall easily to pests, but not only that, we are going to influence the human microbiome, which is basically the pillar of our immune system and with that we can reverse many of the problems we are having with chronic diseases. ”, he reflected.
Uruguay and its potential
The expert was consulted about the role it could have Uruguay In this sense, he mentioned that “it has tremendous potential because, first, it is a large country with a relatively small population.” “The ecological footprint what’s wrong with it Uruguay It is disproportionate to those two characteristics, but at the same time, then, if the way of producing fiber, paper, livestock, rice, etc., is the cause of global, ecological, social, economic deterioration ., also gives us the opportunity for solutions,” he stated.
“Here they are already applying holistic livestock farming or the SAVE method, which is rotary livestock. I have friends here who have the livestock production system and are already doing it. Uruguay It already has a name and that is why it manages to export meat, for example, to Europe,” he commented. Müller.
“Uruguay It has many conditions and I am convinced that with a systematic effort where we have cooperation and not competition, integrating different academic, government, business and civil society entities, a change can be achieved and demonstrate that this country could become a world leader. , setting an example of regeneration,” concluded the person in charge of the Costa Rica Regenerative platform.
Source: Ambito
